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    20 1 TODAY Tuesday January 13, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Tuesday January 13, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    COLUMN
    33 1 Agatha Koh Brazil Our Voices Editor has Coffee With one brave, botak lady NTUC Income head of public affairs Caroline Fernandez, who shaved her head to raise funds for charity. Page 18
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    BUSINESS
    41 1 2oog w'" he rough PSA chief Eddie Teh warns of stormy seas ahead, saying the container port industry will experience an "extremely difficult year" as global trade "slowed to a crawl" and container volume growth halves in 2008. Page Bl
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    PLUS
    21 1 Why, oh why? Our Plus Editor Phin Wong dishes on the worstdressed celebrities at the Golden Globe awards. Page 25
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    Lock icon Survivor: Outbreak
    627 1 PANDEMIC GUIDE FOR BUSINESS NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg PICTURE the chaos that would be wrought with over a million Singaporeans down with the flu, and four in 10 workers absent from work for six weeks. Then, imagine a second wave of the pandemic, even more virulent than the first. If
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    'Selfless' hero, MP recovering
    491 1  -  LOHCHEEKONG TEOXUANWEI ANDI 7 7 cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg AS THE flames licked at MP Seng Han Thong's back, Mr Aw Chui Seng, 69, reacted instinctively with his bare hands, he beat at the fire in a brave attempt to put it out. This was just the kind of
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  • NEWS
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      9 in 10 prefer payment made to living donors
      391 2  -  ESTHER NG PROPOSEDCHANGESTO HOTA Singaporeans also want penalties against syndicates and middlemen upped estherng@mediacorp.com.sg MORE than nine in 10 Singaporeans favour some form of payment to living organ donors, with the majority agreeing that the sum should be in excess of
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      Lock icon Letting them go 'with a heart'
      420 2 938LIVE, CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE United Workers of Electronic and Electrical Industries (UWEEI) is expecting at least 2,000 workers to be laid off in the first quarter of this year almost as many were retrenched for the whole of last year. Some 2,300 workers in
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      MPs share the work
      440 3  -  ZULOTHMAN ANSLEYNG ATTACK ON SENG HAN THONG zul@mediacorp.com.sg FOR the next three months, constituents of Mr Seng Han Thong's Yio Chu Rang GRC ward will see MPs from neighbouring Ang Mo Kio GRC taking care of their zone's affairs in turns. Senior Minister of State Balaji
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      Lock icon No jail for attack on cabby
      404 4  -  ANSLEYNG INTHECOURTS British national given conditional discharge after apologising and paying compensation ansley@mediacorp.com.sg HE HOPPED into a taxi with a friend at Tanjong Pagar Road in May last year, but after finding out that the driver was ending his shift and would be unable
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      Two activists arrested for protesting at MOM
      458 4 TWO Singaporean activists were arrested yesterday after they staged a protest at the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) against the non-re-newal of work permits of several Myanmar nationals. In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said Mr Seelan Palay and Mr Chong
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      Back to basics with NTUC Income
      213 6 AS RETAIL investors become more discerning and wary of complex financial offerings amid tough economic times, NTUC Income has launched a new "Back to Basics" campaign focusing on fundamental coverage for Singaporeans' health, protection and retirement needs. The campaign is anchored on a new
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      Lock icon A yellow flag to say that they're OK
      417 6  -  LINYANQIN 938LIVE AGEINGALONE yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg THEY are old, living alone and cannot afford private nurses to check on them each day —but a simple flag made from a bamboo stick and yellow handkerchief works, in a very real sense, as a lifesaver. These
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      All set for 1 intake
      443 8  -  ONG DAI LIN SUFIANSUDERMAN GCE O-LEVEL RESULTS Single entrance for junior college no issue for most AND dailin@mediacorp.com. sg NO FIRST three months of junior college (JC) to try out? No problem, it seems for many students collecting their O-level results yesterday. The change to
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      Lock icon CREAM OF THE CROP
      90 8 Cheers broke out in the auditorium when Catholic High School principal Lee Hak Boon announced yesterday the 2008 GCE O-level results to his graduating cohort. The school had 12 students with 9 Ais, the most in the school's 74-year history, humanities teacher Krishnan Pillay told Today.
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      Making the grade in prison
      347 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THE last time he received a report card was in 1988. Then, Z not his real name was just a nine-year-old in Primary 3. Yesterday, the 30-year-old got his first report card in over 20 years when the GCE O-level results were released.
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      102 3 A m BUILDING FUTURES m^Mw\ One success story at a time M V Can my '0* levels fast track me J^L to a first-class degree? i^—- WE HAVE THE PLAN KGBjEjEEl L|U^Syl|I|iUy^UUiMn3 Date Program Venue/Time I Ikwkm ■jMrjHiSjffifSHffljB NHS I 19 Ian 09 Diploma in Financial H^^y^^^L^Q^^Q I (Mon) Management
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      138 4 Dates: 15 January 2009 (Thurs) 7pm I 16 January 2009 (Fri) 7pm 17 January 2009 (Sat) 430pm Venue: The Lasik Surgery Clinic *f*R/ 290 Orchard Road #13-01/06 Paragon Medical Singapore *****9 Refreshments will be served Speakers: Dr Marc Tay f Dr Yap Soo Keong Bl Dr Jon Goh 1 Dr
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      355 5 We make it easy to bring home the fundamentals of a strong financial future. Rely on NTUC Income's range of value-based products designed specifically for your Retirement, Health and Protection needs. SAIL (Save As I Like) The innovative, new way to multiply your retirement savings by up to 6X t
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 'Bananas saved us'
      344 10 FERRY DISASTER PAREPARE Teenager Rudi Alvian escaped the Indonesian ferry disaster alive thanks to a bunch of bananas which kept him afloat in wild seas and cyclonic winds. The 700-tonne Teratai Prima capsized and sank in the tropical cyclone Charlotte before dawn on Sunday, off Indonesia's Sulawesi
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      Lock icon DPM: Umno not an extremist party
      229 10 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday denied Umno was a party of extremists, amid a campaign by Parti Islam Se-Malaysia to portray it as racist or anti-Chinese in the Kuala Terengganu by-election campaign. "We have always adopted very
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      Lock icon Forging a new 'mature partnership'
      174 10 AFP SEOUL Putting aside thorny historical and territorial disputes, Japan and South Korea yesterday agreed to work together on issues ranging from combating recession to rebuilding Afghanistan. After an hour of summit talks, Japan Prime Minister Taro Aso and President Lee Myung Bak vowed to
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      Lock icon China aims to be first to recover from crisis
      166 11 AFP BEIJING China aims to become the first nation to recover from the global economic crisis, Premier Wen Jiabao was quoted as saying by state media yesterday. Mr Wen made the remark over the weekend while touringjiangsu province in eastern China,
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      Lock icon Abhisit hails boost
      257 11 .AFP THAILAND BY-ELECTIONS Ruling coalition grabs 20 of 29 contested seats BANGKOK New Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (picture) yesterday hailed his government's victory in key by-elections which cemented the coalition's grip on power in its first major test at the polls. His Democrat Party-led coalition grabbed
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon THAI POLICE ISSUE ARREST WARRANTS
        75 11 AFP Thai police said yesterday they had issued arrest warrants for two men involved in running a Bangkok nightclub where a New Year's Day fire killed 64 people, including 3 Singaporeans. The Santika club's major shareholders, Visuk Setsawat and Suriya Ritrabue, will face charges of
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        FLOODS FORCE 9,500T0 FLEE
        69 11 Malaysian police said monsoon rains have led to worsening floods in Sarawak, forcing more than 9,500 residents to be evacuated. Terrence Oliver, Sarawak's police chief of operations, said the rains have stopped but high tides may sweep inland today and cause rivers to rise further. The
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        WIRANTO BIDS FOR PRESIDENCY
        71 11 Former Indonesian military chief Wiranto confirmed on Sunday that he officially intends to run in this year's presidential election, said a Jakarta Post report. His party, the People's Conscience Party (Hanura), officially nominated him as their presidential candidate. The controversial general finished third in the 2004
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      Lock icon Russia ready to resume gas flow as soon as possible': Govt
      107 12 AFP RUSSIAN energy giant Gazprom is ready to resume gas supplies to the European Union once the Ukraine fulfils conditions on gas transit, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's spokesman said yesterday. "Gazprom is willing and insisting on resuming the transit
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      Lock icon No sign of ceasefire
      370 12 AFP VIOLENCE IN GAZA Battle rages on as truce talks continue GAZA CITY Israeli infantry units have clashed with Hamas fighters across Gaza as Israel sent reservists to boost its ground forces and talks on ending the 17-day-old war plodded on in Egypt. Troops battled Hamas
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      214 13 I PROBLEM: fmg \f Hormonal Weight Gain j Before^ 65kg I After: 55kg A■~|^A'7i) v I Celine Seow^^J^soyrs^oid^J Businesswoman \^k I I As I get older, I cannot help but pack on the pounds. With excess flab onmy arms, tummy and I _j! i? hilbecam^n^^ after! I exercising short-lived. I
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      214 14 I 1 <: l^h^ C PROBLEM: I CASE 2 Post-natal Jennifer Yeo 37yrs old Homemaker I "Ma ?A/M h free &nm pipeMro* tfcfc mput I My chefk started having pigmentation problem after I became a mother and it bothered me as I always had to conceal I it with makeup.
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      123 15 A JH 14 A I D a n c n I K K t 1 V^ _F^« I *-*KA Of qJQ9 CASE 3 PROBLEM: I Post-natal I Yvonne Tan 28 y r s old Civil Servant Hair Loss I 'Wo wxt \ihtblt tcalf £>r*te:* I I _^!!^dhaVi^^ months of using
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  • voices
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      Still good at 62
      349 16  -  Rick Lim Say Kiong RETIREMENT AGE Why should an older worker, as productive as ever, be forced to swallow a pay cut? Letter from I CONCUR with Mr Lim Boon Heng, Minister-in-Charge of Ageing Issues, that an employee's productivity should be the deciding factor in trimming
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      Who can they turn to for help?
      120 16  -  David Soh Poh Huat Letter from WHEN contract workers face problems with their employers, they can seek help from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). But there are many people employed in commission-based industries like real estate, financial services and other salesrelated industry. As
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      161 18  -  DR BILL MAIER ON I THE J BY HOW YOUR CHILD LEARNS What we learn depends a lot on how we learn. Not all kids process information the same way, and a key to helping your child excel in school is understanding how they learn. In
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      Lock icon ONE BRAVE 'BOTAK'
      711 18  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg NTUC Income's PR chief can barely look at the head she had shaved for charity but says it was worth it NOW that she has shaved off her shoulder length hair for charity, something she had adamantly refused to do,
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      36 16 HAVE YOUR SAY. voices@mediacorp.com.sg t LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR I Send your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg I Letters and extracts may appear I online, on air and in print. V vPOOO 90-Minute Full Facial l^l S 6767 0077 UUta^iiiir
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      299 21 i Get your exclusive free preview tickets now! M1 customers can redeem a pair of preview tickets to the Ml Box Office Preview of INKHEART with 400 SunPerks points. Simply log on to www.mi .com.sg from January 13, 10am onwards to redeem. r *While stocks last. Seat allocation will be
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  • plus THE ARTS
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      Time to get your fill
      651 22  -  MAYO MARTIN APAD: Tradition, Innovation Continuity runs until April 5 at the Singapore Art Museum, 71 Bras Basah Road. Free admission on Friday, 6pm to gpm. Visit www.singart.com. LOCAL ARTS Today feasts on three ongoing exhibitions mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IF ART is considered food for the soul,
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      Lock icon Night of the underdogs
      347 24 AGENCIES THEGOLDENGLOBES Big victories for first-time winners at the Golden Globes EVERY Slumdog has its day. And so do Kate Winslet and Mickey Rouke. Slumdog Millionaire lived up to its underdog theme at yesterday's Golden Globe Awards. The film, featuring a generally unknown cast in the
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      Lock icon WHY, LADIES? WHY?
      180 25 PHIN WONG dissects the worst of the sartorial lot on the Globes red carpet. EVA MENDES. Great hair. Great necklace. Great giant napkin tucked into the front of her Christian Dior gown to catch any crumbs during dinner. EVA LONGORIA. This Desperate Housewife's Miss America dress is
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  • health
    • HEALTH LISTINGS
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        PAIN MANAGEMENT FOR CHRONIC AND CANCER PAIN
        77 26 About go per cent of advanced cancer patients experience pain. In addition, an estimated 20 per cent of the population in developed nations also experience chronic pain. Learn about the various ways to manage pain for cancer and other chronic conditions. The talk
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        FERTILITY AND YOU: YOUR JOURNEY FROM EGG TO BABY
        61 26 Learn more about In-Vitro Fertilisation at this public forum. Find out if you're suitable for the procedure from fertility experts from Singapore General Hospital. Date/Time: Sat, 2.30pm to spm Venue: Health Promotion Board, Auditorium Level 7, 3 Second Hospital Avenue Fee/Registration:
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        SPEAKING UP FOR MENTAL HEALTH
        46 26 This forum will address your questions on mental issues such as stress, anxiety and phobia management, and how you can overcome them. Date/Time: Sat, 2pm to 4.30pm Venue.-York Hotel, 21 Mount Elizabeth Fee/Registration: $5 per person. Registration required. Call 6772 5519
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      Lock icon Sounding out a problem
      665 26  -  EVELINE GAN PARKINSON'S DISEASE But speech therapy can help patients have more control over the disease eveline@mediacorp.com.sg PARKINSON'S disease not only robbed 61 -year-old Mr Lim, who declined to reveal his full name, of his mobility, it also took away his ability to speak intelligibly. As
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      64 29 THE HEALTH CLUB TuTmtpp"l Holistic Health Weight Management Centre "T Mil lIR ftIIARAN m Question: »2^^^^f?^^WfJ^l J^?Jci7l?4"St^^^r^^^^fMKfl How can fats in your bloodstream LLgl C^^i^^^^g|l^g^^^g^l^g cause a bulging tummy? <\ H|lJ2gKiaiJul|ilMAM|lMlgy^|fl Answer jM Sh^l If triglycerides (a type of fat) are I^^Bft Bffl BJigSS SiK not cleared from the bloodstream
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      612 30  -  LOW LIN FHOONG TABLETENNIS New national women's team coach will only take up post next year linfhoong@mediacorp.com. sg NEWLY-appointed women's table tennis head coach Zhou Shusen was expected to join the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) today, but they will have to make do with a
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      557 31 THEGUARDIAN ENGLISH CLUB FOOTBALL Ferguson lays into 'disturbed' Benitez after United crush Chelsea 3-0 MANCHESTER Alex Ferguson's relationship with Rafael Benitez plummeted even further on Sunday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time) when he followed up Manchester United's 3-0 win over Chelsea by accusing the Liverpool manager
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      357 30 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER ECup Birmingham Wolverhampton Wed, 14/01/09 3.45am ECup Peterborough West Bromwich Wed, 14/01/09 3.45am ECup Burnley QPR Wed, 14/01/09 3.45am ECup Bristol City Portsmouth Wed, 14/01/09 3.45am ECup CreweAlexandra Millwall Wed, 14/01/09 3.45am ECup Norwich Charlton Wed, 14/01/09 3.45am Italian Cup Inter Genoa Wed,
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      575 31 A CAREER with a DIFFERENCE The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) plays a key role in shaping Singapore into a global air hub and aims to connect Singapore to the world as well as make aviation a key contributor to our country's success. CAAS is also responsible for building
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      554 32  -  PEARLYNTHAM MEDIA INDUSTRY Veteran Pat Lim advises the young never to hurry pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU'RE thinking of working at media agency PHD, don't pull a fast one on its managing director Pat Lim (picture) also the newly-appointed chairperson of the Singapore Media Awards 2009. And it's
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      95 32 1D JOHOR BAHRU PRE CNY SHOPPING DELIGHTS Local Product Shop Chinese Lunch Dinner (Pan Cai) Aeon J i sec Bukit Indah {Latest Biggest Mall In JB) j- n I Pep Dates 17 S 18 Jan 2009 JOj MALACCA 1D Trail of Little Nyonya Culinary Demonstration Peranakan Lunch CO Baba Nyonya
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      353 33 AGENCIES BLACKLIST TWO Indian companies have been barred from dealing with the World Bank over allegations of improper payments, the global financial organisation said, in a statement on its website. The companies are Wipro Technologies India's thirdlargest software firm and a subsidiary of technology outfit
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      205 33 AGENCIES DBS Group Holdings, Singapore's largest bank, yesterday said it has "no exposure" to Global Investment House, the Kuwaiti lender that last week defaulted on most of its loan repayments. On Jan 8, Global Investment Kuwait's biggest investment bank said it was in default
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      240 34 BLOOMBERG INVESTMENT banker Anshu Jain, who helped generate about half of Deutsche Bank AG's earnings in 2007 as co-head of investment banking, is winding down buying and selling debt for the bank's own account after incurring at least US$l.5 billion ($2.2 billion) of
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      352 34 BLOOMBERG BANKING CONSOLIDATION Morgan Stanley could buy over Smith Barney CITIGROUP may gain as much as US$lO billion ($14.8 billion) by selling control of its brokerage to Morgan Stanley. This move will help to replenish capital depleted by the biggest losses in the bank's history. A
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      243 35 SWISS MISS Newspaper report pegs overall losses in 2008 to be $26.5b ÜBS, the biggest bank in Switzerland, is set to announce the biggest loss in the country's history, a newspaper reported on Sunday. The German-language newspaper Sonntag, which is generally well-informed, said ÜBS would record
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      237 35 BLOOMBERG SATYAM Computer Services, India's fourth-largest software exporter, may seek a bailout and ask clients to accelerate payments, as a probe into alleged fraud by its founder forces the company to restate accounts. The firm will appoint a new auditor to examine its books as its
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        65 36 39.5 cents Fully Valued DBS Vickers downgrades the fertiliser company from "Hold", citing a lack of near-term catalysts and a rich valuation at 8.2 times FYO9 earnings. It lowers FYO9-10 earnings forecasts by 23 per cent but raises the valuation peg to 7 times FYO9 earnings, versus 5 times
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        67 36 $2.35 I Buy ÜBS starts coverage on Singapore Petroleum Co with a $2.80 target price, saying the company is well positioned to weather the downturn in the refining industry as it has favourable product exposures, limited downstream capital expenditure plans, a strong balance sheet and a 6-per-cent dividend yield.
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        94 36 $i.gg Buy Merrill Lynch keeps its rating for but cuts the target price to $2.10 from $2.60 after lowering 2009-2010 earnings forecasts by 6 to 17 per cent to reflect the prospect of the company overpaying for rights to broadcast English Premier League matches. The brokerage says revised target
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        5-DAY STI CLOSING
        19 36 Friday 1,806.02 T 1.18% Thursday 1,827.61 Wednesday 1,880.58 Tuesday 1,913.66 T 2.82% T 1-73°/° T 0.58%
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        25 36 lang Seng 13,971.00 T 2.83% Jikkei Closed lhanghai 1,900.35 T 0.24% ieoul 1,156.75 T 2.05% /lumbai 9,110.05 T 3.15% ;LComp 923.57 A 0.49%
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        20 36 »l.^O0 fllAI :i euro k$i !Mi $2,226 HK$ioo $19.19 $1,998 RMB100 $21.76 $1,021 RS100 $3,046 $0,416 RPio,ooo $1,332
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      91 36 ILLUSTRATION COURTESY BOTSLIFE The Media Development Authority (M DA) is giving out $7.6 million in funding for the development of five newmedia projects, ranging from games development to media-rich learning. The projects are expected to create 300 jobs within the local media industry and generate $70
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      412 36  -  CHEOWXINYI PSA INTERNATIONAL Port operator sees handling volume growth halve in 2008, readies itself for a rough year cneowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg IN A sign of stormier times, PSA International the world's second-largest container port operator saw its handling volume growth halve last year and is bracing itself for "an
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      336 36  -  TIMOTHY OUYANG CHANNEL NEWSASIA timotnyouyang@mediacorp.com.sg DESPITE the withdrawal of Swissport International, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) may still give out an operating licence to a third ground handler. It also pledged to "continue to engage the industry to ensure that ground handling costs
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      172 36 WEAKENED advertising demand and an investment loss caused Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) to post a near-35--per-cent drop in its first quarter net profit to $73 million. The media group's core print advertising revenues fell 7.3 per cent to $188.2 million led by a fall in
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